WhozaCunt.com is a revenge porn site “dedicated to helping you get even with bitches and assholes and give them what’s coming to them! […] Make them famous – they deserve it!” Having posted the nude photos of men and women against their will, the site subjects its victims to a bizarre ‘takedown’ ritual. The site’s takedown policy requires victims themselves (and not a lawyer or family member) to provide a copy of their photo ID, another photo of the victim to prove they’re making the request, “proof” of the date the images were taken, and a “counter declaration,” without elaborating what the victim is supposed to declare.

Some victims of the site assert, credibly, that they were under the age of 18 in the photos featured on Whozacunt.com. For example, one victim circled some, but not all, of the nude photos in her profile, to indicate which ones were taken while she was underage. Whozacunt refused to remove the profile or any of the photos and instead re-posted the circled photos.

When challenged, the site takes an aggressive stance to increase the humiliation of its victims. One woman and her parents complained to the Illinois Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division, alleging that Whozacunt.com was refusing to remove nude photos of somebody else (and posted under the victim’s name). The day after Whozacunt.com received a letter from the Consumer Protection Division, a new site arose using a domain consisting of the young woman’s full name, along with her nude photos.

Who could be this cruel? A guy who cares more about cruelty to pigeons than cruelty to people.

Meet Mark S., The Professional Pigeon Racer

Mark H. S. is a graying website designer residing in Tocumwal, a small town on the banks of the Murray River in New South Wales, Australia. Mark may also reside in Melboure, the capitol of Victoria — a state which has criminalized revenge porn.

I know nothing about such a website. How dare you write such an accusatory email to me, using such terrible language.

I do not own such a website and I don’t know anybody who does or even would. I do not know who “Gonzo Dave” is. I have never operated a porn site. I have never taken nude photos of anybody, ever! I certainly have not ever taken a photo which were posted to that website.

I don’t believe that Mark is telling the truth for a variety of reasons.

Technical Data Links Mark’s Personal and Business Sites to “WhozaCunt” and Other Adult Properties

My investigation began by analyzing WHOIS and hosting/nameserver records relating to WhozaCunt.com. The WHOIS data indicated that the site was owned by “Renfrey Sherwood”, a name only used in connection with the registration of adult domains, including GonzoDave.com. The nameserver used by WhozaCunt.com, crawfs.com, was also registered to “Renfrey Sherwood.”

Tracking the websites that use or used crawfs.com also revealed that all of the websites on the server hosting Whozacunt.comalso used crawfs.com as a nameserver. Only fourteen websites were hosted on the same server as Whozacunt, including Mark’s business and personal websites, which also used the crawfs.com nameserver. (Mark’s personal and business sites used Crawfs.com as a nameserver until February 10, 2014 — the day I first emailed him.) What’s more is that crawfs.com at one point redirected to Whozacunt.com.

Where there is commonality of nameservers, WHOIS records, and the same server, as here, that’s generally an indication that the websites in question are owned — or at least operated — by the same person or entity. But could it be that Mark, a professional web developer, was simply hosting these adult sites (including WhozaCunt.com) on behalf of a client, and that the presence of his business and personal sites on the same server and nameserver was mere coincidence?

I doubt it.

First, ownership records (or other links) to each of these sites could be linked to Mark, suggesting that he was operating each of the sites under commingled pseudonyms: “Gonzo Dave”, “Renfrey Sherwood”, and Claire H. At best, the evidence shows that Mark knows who was operating the site, but it strongly indicates that he, himself, is “Gonzo Dave” and runs Whozacunt.com.

Second, the CSS code (code used on a website to create its design) on WhozaCunt.com was nearly identical to that used on Mark’s personal and business sites (as well as on the “Gonzo Dave” sites). This code does not appear to be the result of using a common content management system (e.g., WordPress), but rather code used by the same designer. This suggests that the same person who designed Mark’s business and personal sites also designed WhozaCunt.com.

In sum, the evidence suggests that, contrary to Mark’s assertions that he knows “nothing” about the website, he at a minimum is connected to it, likely designed it, and probably runs it himself. Of course, the only way to know whether he runs the site would be if he admitted as much. Until then, the evidence speaks for itself, and his demonstrably false denials can inform us whether he should be believed in whole.

Meet Mark’s Alter-Ego, “Gonzo Dave”

In order to understand how Mark is linked to “Whozacunt”, you first have to understand “Gonzo Dave.” Gonzo Dave bills himself as the “world’s dirtiest, dirty old man” across a series of adult websites, many bearing this caricature:

Whozacunt.com gave prominent advertising placement to various Gonzo Dave websites, and Gonzo Dave websites linked prominently to Whozacunt. None of these links included affiliate IDs or any traffic-tracking mechanism. ((Most adult sites trade traffic in two ways. The first way tracks the amount of traffic sent by a website: the more traffic a site sends, the more likely it is to get better page placement on the site it’s sending traffic to. The second way is to pay for advertising. That method also usually keeps track of the amount of traffic in order to determine pay-per-click or pay-per-impression rates. Admittedly, it’s not entirely unheard of for sites to share links without keeping track, but most webmasters doing so are likely to have a close relationship with one another.))

In another GFY.com post, “Gonzo Dave” posted an email from an adult affiliate network which disclosed the affiliate identification name used in connection with Gonzo Dave’s advertising: OZWWWEB — the same as Mark’s web design studio.

Claire H.: Tying It All Back Together

A second name connected to Whozacunt.com, Gonzo Dave, and Mark’s business site is Claire H. ((Although I am unsure why Claire H.’s name is used repeatedly in connection with Mark’s sites, she is a real person and I suspect that the use of her name was non-consensual. Claire H. does not reside in Australia. Because I believe that she was a victim of Mark’s site, I am redacting references to her name, as I do with all victims.)):

Claire H.’s nude photos were among the first content posted to Whozacunt.com, and her name was kept at the top of an alphabetical list of people pictured on the site, suggesting that she was the target of unwelcome attention from the site’s owner.

Perhaps the starkest indication that Mark was behind Whozacunt was what he did when I contacted him. The same day I first asked him questions about the site, ((I already knew the answers to the questions I asked him. I just wanted to see if he would lie. He did.)) his personal and business sites were transferred to another server. When I followed up with a detailed list of the evidence linking him to the site, two things happened within 48 hours:

Many thanks to those supporters who have contacted Whozacunt. We have a new owner and operator. This means that Whozacunt will continue, but in good time – however, some changes do need to be made before the site comes back online.

In the meantime we still welcome your words of support and submissions at whozacun at gmail.com and via the submit page […]

Please stay with us and do check back from time to time. We’ll be back!

I’m not saying that it’s impossible that Mark found a “new owner and operator” for his revenge porn site within two days. But question whether a guy who lied about his involvement in the site would lie about his continued involvement in the site.

Had Mark read the writing on the wall and deleted Whozacunt.com without elaboration, I doubt I’d have written anything about him. But, at best, Mark his shown a remorseless intent that his site continue, and the site continues to invite submission of new content. He’s just burying evidence linking him to the site.

The caricature that is an exact dup of the photo is the finishing touch.

NotAnonymous

Nicely done. If you set up a tip jar I’ll send you some money.

Christopher Wiig

I love it when one can pull these bastards out and burn their farm in front of them. Good work.

Bill

Keep blogging Adam – you might think you have only a few readers, but we’re loyal.

creamy

I saw this on reddit and I’m so glad you’re doing this! Now you have 1 more reader. I agree with the person below, if you ever add a tip jar, I’ll certainly donate.

Sarah

Adam! Thank you! You are making such a difference in creating awareness and change in this much needed area of Revenge Porn that is much more than that! You are the pioneer in bringing awareness and the truth to something that is just now being seen by the public eye. A year ago, when this subject was no place to be seen, a taboo for many of us victimized to talk of publically, with nobody to turn to, you were the ONLY voice I could find on the internet, as you wrote the truth about UGOTPOSTED and other sites and owners. I was stalked for months and my email was hacked into as they stole my intimate pictures to my husband only to post me on this site , It was all for money, it always is. So many more are coming out with the same story. In that time, you were the only hope for many of us, who felt helpless, hopeless, invisible and unheard; you were our voice and continue to be, for so many more. Please continue this most powerful work of bringing awareness to the public of these predators and all they do to innocent people, You are a voice of truth and I send you a heartfelt thank you on behalf of myself and many others!!

m00ncake

This is a great story – nicely done.

Michael Graves

looks like you shut the bastard down haha this article put the spotlight on him and his site is nomore.

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